Jerusalem (CNN) — A Palestinian mosque in the village of Jabaa was vandalized and partially set on fire early Tuesday morning, Israeli and Palestinian officials said, with both sides suspecting Israeli settlers of the attack.
“We woke up to the sound of people screaming in the village to save the mosque from being torched,” said Abdallah Sharaf, head of the village council. The village is east of Ramallah in the West Bank.
“A group of settlers arrived at the village of Jabaa around 1:30 a.m. and broke one of the windows of the mosque and threw flammable material, burning a carpet and door and window. Also the settlers wrote graffiti reading ‘Ulpana’ and ‘the war has started’, ” Sharaf said and adding “We condemn such a criminal act.”
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